Copying, content and communism (Bill Gates on Who is a Communist

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[KwasiOwusu]

"Are you saying MS infringes on no patents?? Where is their respect for ip?"

Microsoft gives full legal protection to their clients for Microsoft software purchased.
Red Hat doesn't.
Plus Microsoft actually pays for IP that they use from other firms, like they just signed a huge cross license agreement with Siemens. That's what costumers care about.

[KwasiOwusu]

"The author of every piece of Linux code is known"

The guy that claims he is the author.
There is a difference.

[TechJunkYard]

And yours was a reply to my post.

Actually, your post was a reply to mine.

You're hopelessly confused. Perhaps you should take a break from FReeping and get back to work.

[KwasiOwusu]

"So why aren't you buying SCOX? Pretty much every analyst and trader disagrees with you, so you have an easy opportunity to make a fortune. Scared to put your money where your mouth is?"

How about I have a list of at least 30 good stocks that are ahead of SCO on my list and investing in a more diverisfied portfolio etc etc.
I can think of at least 10 reasons.
None of them has to do with thinking SCO won't win.

[N3WBI3]

Microsoft gives full legal protection to their clients for Microsoft software purchased.

I see, so its ok not to respect IP if you can afford it right?

Plus Microsoft actually pays for IP that they use from other firms

Yes its just that sometimes they a court needs to convince them... See Eolas..

[N3WBI3]

Point being that if offending code is found it can be removed and the party that stole the code is known..

[ShadowAce]

None of them has to do with thinking SCO won't win.

Then you don't know anything about investing, either. If SCO wins, their stock will climb 10x within 1 week. It would also soon eclipse MSFT in value due to their "ownership" of the IP that they claim. At these prices, you'd be an idiot to pass them up if you sincerely believe they're going to win this joke of a case.

[N3WBI3]

Heck if I thought for a second sco would win I would buy some in a second, it would easily go up 400% in the next two years...

[ShadowAce]

See Eolas..

Beat me to it.

Ain't this fun?

[KwasiOwusu]

Lets look at your post again shall we?
You posted:

"This nation was built by free people who wanted to do their own thing....The Open Source community's philosophy and background is very similar""

To which I replied:

" Dream on.
This country was built by capitalists and entrepreneurs with a strong profit motive
Men like J P Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller etc etc.
They built this country. Strong visionary men who went out to build and to OWN what they built."

etc etc till we got to this point.

We are all along talking about this country being BUILT here.
We are talking BUSINESSES.
We are not talking about this country being governed. We are not talking politicians.


"You're hopelessly confused"

I suggest its you that is confused.

"Perhaps you should take a break from FReeping and get back to work."

I'd suggest you take a break...but go walk in the rain or something
That should clear your muddled , befuddled head.
Poor guy.

[N3WBI3]

I sure hope he starts these threds with these on...

[KwasiOwusu]

"Heck if I thought for a second sco would win I would buy some in a second, it would easily go up 400% in the next two years..."

There are literally hundreds of higly volatile stocks out there (especially in the OTC market) that have gone up higher than 400% in any one year. SCO would not be unique in that respect

[KwasiOwusu]

"I see, so its ok not to respect IP if you can afford it right?"

You repect IP. Period.
As far as the costumer is concerned, they don't want to know about legal wrangles about code.
All they want to know is, the software vendor is taking care of business.
Thats what matters.


"Yes its just that sometimes they a court needs to convince them... See Eolas.."

You don't really think Eolas ill win do you?
They won't.
Microsoft will not be paying them anything.
Still irrelevant.
The costumer is already indemnified by Microsoft, no matter how the case goes.

[cspackler]

I can go to my car, open up the hood, study it, pull it apart, put it together, use parts from it in another car. Thats open source.

Yeah, right... and the intake manifold from my Chrysler will bolt right onto my wife's Ford? THAT would be open source. It aint.

[KwasiOwusu]

"See Eolas.. Beat me to it."

See my post 113.

[ezo4]

After working at MS for years and moving over to LAMP I am one happy guy and my pocket book is better and I show people what is happening and they pretty much have there jaws on the floor and there eyes buldging out of there sockets.

Nice payback is a b!tch MS

Happy Happy Joy Joy

[N3WBI3]

Ahh but if sco wins this in not a highly volatile stock. Sco will instantly own huge portions of AIX, HP-UX, Linux. The dollar amount alone would make the company worth more than ten times its current value.

Youre sure SCO is going to win, how is this volatile? (Also SCOX is not OTC)

[KwasiOwusu]

"hmmm I can go to my car, open up the hood, study it, pull it apart, put it together, use parts from it in another car. Thats open source. Would you buy a car that you could not look under the hood of?"

LMAO!
Now that is beaut.
This why you guys are called open source nuts.
You are truly crazy.

[ShadowAce]

...the intake manifold from my Chrysler will bolt right onto my wife's Ford? THAT would be open source.

Wrong. That would be interoperability.

[KwasiOwusu]

"Can you find a vourt case where it has been proven that Linux has stolen IP?"

The case is still in court.
The wheels of justice grind slowly, but the grind fine.
Don't worry, you'll get the judgment against you that you seek. :)